MIDDLETOWN, N.Y.—Middletown Cinemas recently held the North American premiere of the animated movie “Mina,” the first original production by the Middletown-based social media and video-sharing platform Ganjing World (GJW).
Many families attended the movie premiere on Aug. 30, which included a children’s costume competition and speakers from GJW.
GJW collaborated with UK- and Cyprus-based animation company Magic Frame Animation and London-based Creation Entertainment Media to create the movie, which was released in Europe under the title “Rebellious” in 2024.
The movie will be streaming exclusively on GJW+ on Sept. 12.
The movie is about a rebellious princess, Mina, who is kidnapped by an evil sorcerer who has been targeting princesses. Her father promises that whoever can rescue her can have his daughter’s hand in marriage and inherit the kingdom. While her suitors and the scholar Ronan, whom she has promised to marry, venture into the unknown to rescue her, Mina and the other captured princesses take their rescue into their own hands….